Felly-joint.



PATENTED JULY 7, 1908. -J. A. GAIN.

FELLY JOINT.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 18, 190a.

is aspeciiic'ation.

JOHN A. CAIN, OF WISE, MISSOURI.

FE LLY-J'OINT.

'No. seams.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented July 7, 1908.

Application filed March 18, 1908. Serial No. $21,866.

To all. whom it may concern:

Be "it known that I, JOHN A. CAIN, citizen ol'ihc United States, residing at Wise, in the county of Barton and State of'Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Im rovemcnts in Folly-Joints, which the fol owing This invention has for its object a simple, durable, and efficient construction of felly joint designed to securely-hold the two abutting endsof folly sections of vehicle'wh'eels to preventthe same from an lateral relative movement and to also prevent them from splitting, and the invention conslsts in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall herein-v after fully describe and claim.

For a fullnderstanding of the invention, reference is .to be had-to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is aside elevation of a portion of a vehicle wheel embodying the improvements of my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof; and, Fig. 3 is a detail view of the'parts separated.

(orr'esponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Referring to the drawmg, the numeral 1 designates two contiguous felly sections of a vehicle wheel, each of which is formed at its joint end with amarginal recess 2 extending around its inner and two adjacent sides, as shown. .These recesses 2 define tenons 3 which are formed with two intersecting diagonal grooves 5 communicating with the recess 2. I

6 designates a splice member which may be formed of malleable iron or. any other suitable metal or material, said splice iece being designed to fit in the recesses 2 of two adjoining felly sections 1 around .the tenons 3 thereof. Said splice member 6 is formed and on each face of said web with two inter sec-ting diagonal ribs 8 joining the web to the sides of the splice member,

said ribs being adapted to fit securely within the intersecting fdiagonal grooves 5 of the respective tenons .a. The splice member 6 terminates at itsoutcr end flush with the outer faces of the folly sections 1, the ordinary tire as shown beingsecured to the felly and extending across the outer end of the splice member with its web 7 interposed between the two sections.

From the foregoing description in connecthe longevity of the vehicle equipped with the invention, the said splice mem ers being cheaply manufactured and the tenons of the adjoining sections It is to be understood, that my im roved splice members are supplied preferab y in sets, with webs 7 of different thicknesses, so that after the wheel has been in use some time, and the tire begins to become loose, onesplice member with a comparatively thin web may be removed and replaced by another with a thickweb.

Havin thus described is claimed as ,new is:

1. In a vehicle wheel, adjoining felly sections formed in their adjacent ends with marginal recesses extending around the inner and two adjacent sides of the secti'on,-tenon s defined by saidrecesses and each tenon being formed withtwo diagonal grooves communicating with the recesses, and a splice member interposed between said tenons and receiving t e same and fitting around the rethe invention, what cesses of both of the adjoining sections, said splice member being formed with a middle transverse web interposed between thetwo tenons and with intersecting diagonal ribs formed on the o posite faces of said webs and fitting in saifl grooves, the splice member terminating at its outer end flush with the outer faces of the felly sections.

2. In a vehicle wheel, felly sections formed at their adjoining ends with marginal recesses, and tenons defined thereby, said tenons being formed with intersecting diagonal grooves, and a splice member extending around the recesses of the two adjacent sectionsand formed with a web interposed betweenvthe said tenons and with intersecting ribs fitting in the said grooves.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN A. CAIN. [L. 8.]

Witnesses:

ALBERT TENER, MILTON TENER. 

